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Social and Behavioral Sciences

2020

Wayne State University

Participatory evaluation

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Objectives Driven Participatory Evaluation Model, Dustin R. Saalman Jul 2020

Objectives Driven Participatory Evaluation Model, Dustin R. Saalman

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The ability to complete program evaluations of educational programming is typically restricted by the availability of resources, such as time, money and a trained evaluator. Although not a replacement for trained evaluators, promoting evaluative capacity and evaluative thinking within an organization can help mitigate this gap between talent and resources. Participatory evaluation is purported to increase organizational learning and promote evaluative thinking within an organization (Cousins & Whitmore, 1998). Objectives oriented evaluation is an easily understood evaluation method which provides a refined focus program outcome (Madaus & Stufflebeam, 1989). Using an internal evaluation of a new faculty onboarding course at …


The Logic Model, Participatory Evaluation And Out Of School Art Programs, Kimberly A. Kleinhans Jul 2020

The Logic Model, Participatory Evaluation And Out Of School Art Programs, Kimberly A. Kleinhans

Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods

The logic model and participatory evaluation are two popular methods of conducting program evaluation. Although both methods have their strengths, each has distinct weaknesses which can be ameliorated by combining them both together. The combined method is used to evaluate an out of school art program at a museum. Using both the logic model and participatory evaluation yielded beneficial results with more accurate representation of program outcomes.